Legal Opinion
Williams v. Butler
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 15, 1984No. Nos. 83-2534, 83-2641PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
The defendant, the City of Little Rock (City), appeals from a jury verdict in favor of the prevailing plaintiff, Debbie Williams, awarding her compensatory damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982), for a violation of her First Amendment rights by defendant Butler, a municipal judge. We affirm, but remand for a consideration by the district court of the supplemental motion for costs and attorneys’ fees submitted by the plaintiffs.
I. Facts
Butler was a duly elected municipal judge for the traffic court of the City of Little Rock. The plaintiffs in this action,…
2Cases cited44 opinions
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- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- Jong Hee Small, Personal Representative of the Estate of Delbert Small v. The Inhabitants of the City of Belfast and James Murphy, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
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